I have always loved to read. I attribute my love of reading to my ease with learning to read as a young child and the constant presence of both my mother and grandmother reading throughout my life. As a child, I was often read to by my parents and grandmother. My grandmother and I particularly enjoyed reading Anne of Green Gables together. She also sent me many newspaper articles about subjects she believed would interest me - music, theater, history.
I also frequently read on my own, and especially enjoyed both the Nancy Drew and Babysitter's Club series in my later elementary years. As I entered high school, I expanded my reading repertoire to include biographies, Jewish scholarly texts on Torah analysis and traditional rituals, practices, and customs, and poetry, along with continuing to read fiction in both dramatic and humorous contexts. The Broke Diaries by Angela Nissel was introduced to me well into my high school years, and remains my favorite book read (and re-read, countless times) to date.
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My parents never read to me and I came out not liking to read. I guess if they would have taken the time to do so, I'd like to read for fun.
I see the girls at church reading those Nancy Drew books, and they just can't put them down. I guess it's cool to read for fun.
You've just influenced me! I aspire to become a consistent reader.
I have to try "The Broke Diaries" for myself since it comes so highly-recommended. It sounds to me like your mom and grandmother were similar to mine. I too had the newspaper experience and still love the NY Times due to the fact my parents use to go through the hundreds of articles and save what they thought I would like. Isn't it amazing and at the same time scary how much our parents influence us? It is clear that the home environment has a lot to do with our education and passions as we mature into adults....and we always say I am not like my mother! :)
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